Sensible Solutions for Refurbished Radiology

Questions about CT scanner acronyms? Here is an info-graphic to use as a reference! 

Like so many things in life, there’s a belief that “bigger is better” in CTs.  The more slices you get, the better, right?  Not necessarily.  There are lots of different things to consider before you decide which CT is right for your hospital, facility or practice.  Let me try to help.

NEW YORK, N.Y., JUNE 11, 2013 — Atlantis Worldwide LLC, a 20-year-old international distributor of used and refurbished radiology systems, has relocated its headquarters to Manhattan, consolidated its shipping and warehousing functions, and expanded its core business. These changes support two strategic goals for Atlantis, offering a more complete line of radiology solutions to serve its domestic and international customer base while streamlining operations.

Did you know by keeping generator batteries charged they will last longer- hence keeping your C-Arm plugged in at all times is healthy for your C-Arm!  Watch Stuart Egles our expert C-Arm guru explain how to properly plug in your C-Arm.

May 29, 2013 by Loren Bonner , DOTmed News Online Editor

Patients in an underserved area of the U.S. now have access to high-quality, low-dose lung cancer screening because of a mobile CT unit equipped with a universal CT image reconstruction add-on system.

SafeCT, from the Israeli company Medic Vision Imaging

Back in the early 1900s, Nobel Prize-winning physicist (and father of x-ray technology) Wilhelm Roentgen wrote a letter to one of the first manufacturers of x-ray tubes. In it, he asked the company for a better discount on x-ray tubes, because he needed quite a few and the cost was too expensive.

SafeCT Iterative 3D Image Reconstruction—Universal Add-on System for CT Scanners

Watch Medic Vision’s video about SafeCT, an iterative image reconstruction add-on product that enhances low-dose protocols on your CT scanner. 

Atlantis Worldwide is the exclusive US representative

Visit Atlantis Worldwide at the Virtual Symposium on Radiation Safety in Computed Tomography.  We will have a virtual exhibit booth in the Software Section on SafeCT, a universal iterative image reconstruction solution that substantially enhances the Signal-to-Noise(SNR) of CT images acquired over a wide range of exposure parameters on CT scanners of all vendors..

Okay, the Atlantis Worldwide hospitality suite was rockin’, complete with a martini bar, hits from all the James Bond Classics, some old visitors Sean Connery, Ursula Andress and Halle Berry from the 007 Movies and Dr. No playing on the back walls.  The music, karaoke and ambience at The Coca Cola Museum was a bubbly experience.  And who didn’t love the coke?  As anyone who attended the annual Health Connect Partners Radiology and Imaging Conference in Atlanta in April can tell you, the conference was a huge success in many ways.   It offered a great balance of networking opportunities, industry learning and sharing, panel discussions and FUN.

Having been to Boston many times, I have to say that last week was a different experience.  The ASCA (Ambulatory Surgery Center Association) Show from April 17th to 19th, 2013 will be a show to remember.